Practical guides
Wind energy
- Wind Europe: Unleashing Europe’s offshore wind potential
- WISEPower: Wind-acceptance - A user guide for developers and Municipalities
- WindEurope: Wind energy basics
Solar energy
- SOLCO project: Solar cooling, Overview and recommendations
- PVTRIN project: Installing photovoltaics-practical aspects for installers
- PVTRIN project: training course - Handbook for solar installers
- Climasol project: Solar air conditioning guide
- PURE project: BIPV technical solutions and best practices
- PURE project: Potential and benefits of BIPV
- European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA): Photovoltaic energy- Electricity from the sun
- GREEN PARTNERSHIPS project: Solar energy
Biomass/bioenergy
- UN Energy: A decision support tool for sustainable bioenergy
- BIOFIT: Technical options for retrofiting industries with bioenergy - A handbook
- CARBON TRUST: Biomass heating - A practical guide for potential users
- EECA Business: Good practice guide - Production of wood fuel from forest landings
- RecOil project: UCO to biodiesel - Practical guides
Geothermal energy
- Geothermal District Heating (GEODH): Developing geothermal district heating inEurope
- GEODH: Training course on Geothermal District Heating
Energy efficiency
- European Commission: Good practice in energy efficiency
- European Commission: Guide on good practice in energy efficiency for Central andSouth Eastern Europe
- ENTRANZE project: Laying down the pathways to nearly zero-energy buildings- A toolkitfor policy makers
- neZEH project: Nearly zero energy hotels in Europe-Flagship projects and tools forhoteliers
- neZEH project: Nearly Zero Energy Hotels towards low carbon growth in the European Union
- neZEH project: Nearly zero energy hotels - Training materials
- Hotel Energy Solutions: Successful Energy Efficiency Technologies Integration in SMEHotels - Best Practices Guide
- PROF/TRAC: Zero energy buildings - Design principles and built examples
- Interreg Central Europe TOGETHER: Training material on energy efficiency in public buildings - DSM aspects
- Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) and R20 Regions of Climate Action: A practical guide to cool roofs and cool pavements
- Cool Roofs in Europe: Initiatives and examples
Sustainable energy planning
- RERINA project: Sustainable Energy Communities- Practical guide for insular and ecologically sensitive areas
- GreenPartnerships project: Local partnerships for greener cities and regions-Practical guide for implementing effective local energy action plans
- Enerscapes project: Methodology, future perspectives and guidelines for the integration of renewable energies in Mediterranean landscapes
- COMPOSE project: Rural communities engaged with positive energy
Impact assessment
Stakeholders' Engagement
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy - EUROPE: Multi-Level Governance in (Climate) Action - Co-creating policy solutions to tackle climate change
- REScoop project: Guide to engage and manage stakeholders
- BiodivERsA: Stakeholder engagement handbook
- URBACT - Driving change for better cities: Setting up and running a multi-stakeholder group
- Local PACTs: A guide on how municipalities can create their Local Participatory Agreements for the climate transition
Awareness raising and behavioural change
- European Literacy Policy Network (ELINET): Guidelines to running an awareness raising campaign
- European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF): Guide for awareness-raising campaigns
- Carbon Trust: Creating an awareness campaign
- BEHAVE: Changing energy behaviour - Guidelines for behavioural change programmes
- European Commission: Energy efficiency and behavioural change - Reducing carbon footprint through ICT and sustainable actions
- eTEACHER: Design for behaviour change for energy end-users
Human capacity - strengthening knowledge
Energy Communities
- Energy Communities: An overview of energy and social innovation
- Community Energy: A practical guide to reclaiming power
- Energy Cities: How cities can back renewable energy communities: Guidelines for local and regional policy makers
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy - EUROPE: How can cities support community energy? - Useful resources on city-to-citizen collaboration and support models
Circular Economy
- European Investment Bank (EIB): The EIB circular economy guide
- European Commission: Circular economy action plan - For a cleaner and more competitive Europe
- CSCP: Circular economy guidebook for cities
- United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC): A guide to circular cities
- European Commission: Buying green - A handbook on green public procurement
Energy Transition and Resiliency
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy - EUROPE: Adapting to climate change in European cities: Towards smarter, swifter & more systemic action
- Clean Energy for EU Islands: Island guide to existing research on the clean energy transition
- Interreg Europe: A policy brief from the Policy learning platform on low-carbon economy
- United Nations Environment Program: A practical guide to cimate - resilient buildings and communities
Funding instruments and new business models
- The European Commission's 100 intelligent cities challenge: Local Green Deals
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy - EUROPE: Financing opportunities for sustainable energy & climate action plans
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy - EUROPE: Financial institutions instruments
- Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy - EUROPE: EU funding programme
- ENERGY CITIES: EU funding opportunities - For cities engaged in local transitions
- Just Transition Fund: A key tool to support affected territories towards the climate neutrality
- Clean energy for EU islands: Financing the clean energy transition for EU islands - Quick reference guide
- COMPILE - Integrating community power in energy islands: Financing guide
- ENERGY CITIES: Guide to set up your own city facility
- JRC technical report: Smart financing for smart buildings
- IRENA: Business models innovation landscape
- SOCIALRES: Comparative analysis of existing business models for RES cooperative, aggregators and crowd-funders
- TRUST EPC South project: EPC Basics and Financing